A newspaper reported on the results of an opinion poll in which adults were asked what...
A newspaper reported on the results of an opinion poll in which adults were asked what one thing they are most likely to do when they are home sick with a cold or the flu. In the survey, 65% said that they are most likely to sleep and 12% said that they would watch television. Although the sample size was not reported, typically opinion polls include approximately 1,000 randomly selected respondents.
a. Assuming a sample size of 1,000 for this poll, construct a 90% confidence interval for the true percentage of all adults who would choose to sleep when they are at home sick.
The 90% confidence interval is (______,_______).
(Round to the nearest hundredth as needed.)
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# 90% confidence interval for the true percentage of all adults who would choose to sleep when they are at home sick
is ( 0.63, 0.67 ).
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